Motorola GM160, User Manual

Page 1: ...Professional Radio GM160 User Guide 68P64110B87 Issue June 2000 ...

Page 2: ...1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 11 13 13 14 15 ...

Page 3: ...l 14 Radio Calls 15 Making a Selective Call 15 Receiving a Selective Call 15 Sending a Call Alert Page 16 Receiving a Call Alert Page 16 Radio Check 17 Sending a Status 17 Sending a Message 18 Receiving a Message 18 Sending an Emergency Alert 19 Selective Radio Inhibit 19 Editing a Radio Call List 20 Repeater or Talkaround Mode 20 Setting the Power Level 21 Name and Call Message Tone Tagging 22 Sc...

Page 4: ...o Care 41 Computer Software Copyright The products described in this manual may include copyrighted computer programmes stored in semiconductor memories or other media Laws in the United States of America and other countries preserve for Motorola Europe and Motorola Inc certain exclusive rights for copyrighted computer programmes including the right to copy or reproduce in any form the copyrighted...

Page 5: ...itor status as well as receipt of a selective call 3 LCD Display 1 Line 4 Menu Exit Escape Button t 5 Channel Selector Menu Navigation Up Down y or z Used for channel scrolling When in menu mode used for menu navigation 6 Menu Enter Select Button u 7 Mic Jack 8 Programmable Button 1 P1 9 Programmable Button 2 P2 10 Edit Buttons Left Right v or w 11 Programmable Button 3 P3 12 Programmable Button 4...

Page 6: ...essing and holding the programmable buttons for a period of time at least 1 seconds hold down pressing and holding down the programmable buttons while checking status or making adjustments A summary of programmable radio features and corresponding page references appears beginning on page 5 In the Button column have your dealer record the name of the programmable button next to the feature that ha...

Page 7: ...ct entry to zone selection menu 13 PRTT Priority Request to Talk Sends a priority access request to the dispatcher 14 Emergency E Initiate Emergency Alert Cancel Emergency status 19 Power Level B Toggle transmit power level between High and Low 21 Repeater Talkaround J Toggle between using a repeater or transmitting directly to another radio 20 Scan Nuisance Channel Delete G Toggle scan on and off...

Page 8: ...just brightness level off low med high Auxiliary Control 1 2 Activates or deactivates a pin on the accessory connector See your dealer Status Direct entry to the status menu One Touch Status Immediately sends a preprogrammed status Message Direct entry to the message menu One Touch Message Immediately sends a preprogrammed message Horn and Lights Toggles external alarm feature or cancels a trigger...

Page 9: ...Moves the cursor right or inserts a space when editing Left Key v Moves the cursor left or used as a backspace key when editing Use with Optional Enhanced DTMF Microphone RMN4026 These keys are used to Dial a phone number Make a radio call Enter information when programming radio lists Directly access preprogrammed features Each key can generate several different characters For example to enter th...

Page 10: ...d Key 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 0 0 1 1 2 A B C 2 a b c 2 À Á Â Ç à á â ç 3 D E F 3 d e f 3 È É Ê è é ê ë 4 G H I 4 g h i 4 Ì Í ì í î ï 5 J K L 5 j k l 5 6 M N O 6 m n o 6 Ñ Ò Ó Ô ñ ò ó ô ö 7 P Q R S 7 p q r s 7 8 T U V 8 t u v 8 Ù Ú Û ù ú 9 W X Y Z 9 w x y z 9 Y y Blank Space ...

Page 11: ...quelch CSQ The radio is on a CSQ channel monitor is active or the microphone is off hook D Phone Phone Mode is selected E Emergency An Emergency Alert is being sent F Call Received A Selective Call or Call Alert has been received G Scan The Scan feature is active Priority 1 Scan flashing During Scan indicates that the scan has locked on to a priority 1 channel H Priority 2 Scan steady During Scan ...

Page 12: ...Mode The radio is in Program List editing mode M Signal Strength Indicates signal strength The more bars the stronger the signal N Option Board Option board is enabled Q Not currently assigned L Not currently assigned Symbol Indication Low High Tone High Low Tone Button Low High Tone High Low Tone Scan Start scan Stop scan Power Level High power selected Low power selected Option Board Enabled Dis...

Page 13: ...Volume Control knob until you hear a click If power up is successful you will hear the Self Test Pass Tone If the radio fails to power up you will hear the Self Test Fail Tone Push the On Off Volume Control knob until you hear a click and the display clears 1 Hold down the Volume Set button see page 5 You will hear a continuous tone 2 Turn the On Off Volume Control knob to the desired volume level...

Page 14: ...rity all delete edit entry edit codes select enter ID select enter ID select enter ID Audio Tones p 33 Rptr Talkarnd p 20 Utilities p 35 Status Message Zone p 13 Radio Call p 15 Phone p 28 Program Lists System Scan p 24 Scan List p 25 Phone List p 29 Call Alert Radio Check select enter ID select enter ID Power Level display set time Clock on off set time Reminder Alarm select Language Select Optio...

Page 15: ... dealer for more information There are three ways to select a channel Method 1 Method 2 if programmed by your dealer see pages 5 6 Method 3 if programmed by your dealer see pages 5 6 1 u to enter Menu Mode 2 y or z until 3 u to select 4 y or z until you see the desired zone name 5 u to select the zone 1 Press the Direct Zone Access button 2 y or z until you reach the desired zone 3 u to select the...

Page 16: ...outh Press the PTT to talk release it to listen 1 Turn your radio on 2 y or z to select the desired channel 3 Press the PTT for priority requests to talk the PRTT button and wait for the talk permit tone 4 Hold the microphone vertically 2 5 to 5 cm 1 to 2 inches from your mouth Press the PTT to talk release it to listen 5 Release the PTT to listen 1 Turn your radio on 2 Adjust the radio s volume i...

Page 17: ...and the preprogrammed name or ID of the calling radio if available 1 u to enter Menu Mode 2 y or z until 3 u to select 4 y or z until 5 u to select 6 y or z to locate the desired ID in the Radio Call List or when using the keypad microphone only enter the ID number of the radio you want to call 7 Press the PTT to send the call The radio sounds a continuous tone Radio Call Radio Call Selective Call...

Page 18: ...it Note Your radio will display only the last Call Alert page received Also your radio will not receive any Selective Calls until you clear the page 1 u to enter Menu Mode 2 y or z until 3 u to select 4 y or z until 5 to select 6 y or z to locate the desired ID in the Radio Call List or when using the keypad microphone only enter the ID number of the radio you want to page 7 Press the PTT to send ...

Page 19: ...channel compared to voice transmissions Status updates of up to 14 characters may be programmed by your dealer To send a Status 1 u to enter Menu Mode 2 y or z until 3 u to select 4 y or z until 5 u to select 6 y or z to locate the desired ID in the Radio Call List or when using the keypad microphone only enter the ID number of the radio you are checking Radio Call Radio Call Radio Check Radio Che...

Page 20: ...cate the desired status in the pre programmed list or when using the keypad microphone only enter the number of the status you wish to send or if programmed by your dealer see pages 5 6 press the button that has been preprogrammed for a specific status Note You cannot retransmit the current status update Status 1 u to enter Menu Mode 2 y or z until 3 u to select 4 y or z to locate the desired mess...

Page 21: ...gency Alert state An Emergency Alert can be programmed to Show E and sound a tone or Show E Silent Emergency or Activate the microphone so that all activity can be transmitted for a predetermined amount of time See your dealer for more information To cancel the Emergency Alert press and hold down the Emergency button SELECTIVE RADIO INHIBIT Your radio is equipped with a security feature that can t...

Page 22: ...ith another radio when either The repeater is not operating or Your radio is out of the repeater s range but within communicating distance of another radio The J symbol appears on the display when Talkaround Mode is selected 1 u to enter Menu Mode 2 y or z until 3 u to select 4 y or z until 5 u to select 6 y or z until 7 u to select 8 y or z until you locate the desired entry Program Lists Program...

Page 23: ...d High power S Low power R You can set the power level in two ways Method 1 Press the preprogrammed Power Level button see page 5 to toggle between low and high or Method 2 1 u to enter Menu Mode 2 y or z until 3 u to select 4 y or z until or until 5 u to confirm your selection Rptr Talkarnd Rptr Talkarnd Repeater Mode Talkarnd Mode 1 u to enter Menu Mode 2 y or z until 3 u to select 4 y or z unti...

Page 24: ... or z until or until 7 u to confirm the selection 1 u to enter Menu Mode 2 y or z until 3 u to select Power High Power Low Audio Tones Audio Tones 4 y or z until or 5 u to select or 6 y or z until you see the name or message you want to tag 7 u to confirm the selection 8 y or z until you hear one of the seven tones you want to use for this name or message 9 u to confirm the selection You will see ...

Page 25: ...ect 6 y or z until you see the call type you want to tag 7 u to confirm the selection 8 y or z until you hear the tone you want to use for this type of call 9 u to confirm the selection You will see 10 t to return to or Hold down t to exit Menu Mode Audio Tones Audio Tones Call Tone Tag Call Tone Tag Call Tone Tag Call Tone Tag ...

Page 26: ...io is scanning scanning will stop It will resume when you exit Menu Mode You can start or stop a scan operation either by pressing the preprogrammed Scan button see page 5 to start or stop scanning or TALKBACK The Talkback feature allows you to respond to a transmission while scanning If a transmission on a channel is detected while scanning the radio will stop on that channel for a preprogrammed ...

Page 27: ...o it The same channel can be included in several scan lists and the same scan list can be assigned to several Channel Selector positions For example When you edit a scan list you can either add delete or prioritize channels The K symbol will appear on the display while you are in edit mode Note Your radio cannot receive any calls while you are editing a scan list Adding or Deleting Channels in a S...

Page 28: ...until 7 u to confirm your selection 8 y or z until you see the channel you want to add or delete Note You cannot delete the last remaining channel in a scan list 9 u to confirm your selection 10 If you added a channel you will see or If you deleted a channel you will see u to confirm the deletion You will see Scan List Add Entry Delete Entry Entry Saved Delete Entry Deleted 11 t to return to or to...

Page 29: ...ect Priority Channel Scanning Sequence Program Lists Program Lists Scan List Scan List Edit Priority Edit Priority 8 y or z until or until 9 u to select the desired priority level 10 y or z until you see the channel you want to prioritize 11 u to prioritize that channel 12 t to return to or Hold down t to exit Menu Mode Note If you want to reprioritize all channels you must first delete each prior...

Page 30: ... to the desired channel 2 u to enter Menu Mode 3 y or z until 4 u to select Phone Phone 5 You will hear a series of tones indicating that an access code is being sent automatically You will also see your access code displayed or when using the keypad microphone only enter your access code using the keypad 6 When you hear a dial tone enter or select a phone number when using the keypad microphone o...

Page 31: ...umber dialled if not using Speed Dial do not choose a number Proceed to step 7 Alternatively if you entered your access code using the keypad press the z key once to access the last number dialled then press and release the PTT 7 To end a phone call do one of the following If your radio has the deaccess code preprogrammed proceed to step 8 or Enter the deaccess code using the keypad 8 Press the Ph...

Page 32: ...er 12 y or z until you see the location in the list where you want to store the phone number 13 u to store the phone number You will see Add Entry Add Entry Enter Name Enter Phone Entry Saved 14 t to return to or Hold down t to exit Menu Mode 1 u to enter Menu Mode 2 y or z until 3 u to select 4 y or z until 5 u to select 6 y or z until 7 u to select 8 y or z until you see the entry you want to de...

Page 33: ...y Deleted Delete Entry Program Lists Program Lists Phone List Phone List Edit Entry Edit Entry 9 u to select the entry 10 y or z until to edit the name or until to edit the phone number or until to edit the location in the phone list 11 u to confirm your selection 12 Use the keypad to edit the entry see page 7 or y or z until you see the location where you want to store the phone number 13 u to st...

Page 34: ...ode 2 y or z until 3 u to select 4 y or z until 5 u to select 6 y or z until or until 7 u to select or 8 Enter the number using the keypad microphone 9 u to select the entry Program Lists Program Lists Edit Codes Edit Codes Access Code Deaccess Code Access Code Deaccess Code 10 y or z to edit another code or Hold down t to exit Menu Mode ...

Page 35: ...o Tones Audio Tones 5 u to select the feature You will see the feature s current setting 6 y or z for available settings Refer to the table below 7 u to select the desired setting Audio Tone Settings Feature What it Does Settings Alert Vol Lvl Makes the volume level of the audio and alert tones independent These two volume levels can be adjusted independently Ind Alert Off Ind Alert On Tone Disabl...

Page 36: ... 7 Msg Tone Tag Assigns a specific tone when receiving a specific message see page 22 for details Standard Alert 1 7 Escalert Gradually increases the volume of the alarm tones when a call is not answered Escalert On Escalert Off Companding XPand Approximates the same audio quality for 12 5kHz channels to that of 25kHz channels Compand On Compand Off Keypad Tones Turns keypad tones on or off Tones ...

Page 37: ...to select the feature You will see the feature s current setting 6 y or z for available settings 7 u to select the desired setting Utilities Features Feature What it Does Settings Power Level Changes the power level of the radio to high low or auto see page 21 Power High Power Low Clock Sets the time see page 37 Set Time Display Clock Reminder Alarm Sets the alarm and turns it on or off see page 3...

Page 38: ...age displayed on the display English Spanish Portuguese French Option board Activates deactivates the option board installed in your radio Opt Board On Opt Board Off Software Ver Displays the radio s software version number Utilities Features Feature What it Does Settings ...

Page 39: ...m Reminder Alarm menu 5 u to confirm your selection 6 y or z until 7 u to select Utilities Utilities Reminder Alarm Clock Set Time Set Time 8 When a setting e g hour is blinking you can change it with y or z 9 w to proceed to the next setting e g from hour to minutes 10 u to save your changes 11 t to return to or to return to or Hold down t to exit Menu Mode Hour AM or PM AM PM or 24 hr 3 05 PM Mi...

Page 40: ...our selection 6 y or z until 7 u to select The radio will display the time for a preprogrammed duration 8 t to exit the menu Utilities Utilities Clock Display Clock Display Clock 1 u to enter Menu Mode 2 y or z until 3 u to select 4 y or z until 5 u to confirm your selection 6 y or z until desired language is displayed 7 u to select desired language 8 t to exit the menu Utilities Utilities Languag...

Page 41: ... to radio frequency electromagnetic energy Federal Communications Commission Report and Order No FCC 96 326 August 1996 American National Standards Institute C95 1 1992 National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements NCRP 1986 International Commission on Non Ionizing Radi ation Protection ICNRP 1986 European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation CENELEC To assure optimal radio p...

Page 42: ...n explosion or fire resulting in bodily injury or even death Blasting Caps and Areas To avoid possible interference with blasting operations turn off your radio when you are near electrical blasting caps in a blasting area or in areas posted Turn off two way radio Obey all signs and instructions Note The areas with potentially explosive atmospheres referred to above include fueling areas such as b...

Page 43: ...IO CARE The use of chemicals such as detergents alcohol aerosol sprays and or petroleum products may be harmful to and damage the radio housing Clean the radio exterior using a cloth moistened with clean water and a mild dishwashing liquid The use of non approved radio accessories may damage the radio and invalidate warranty Do not operate whilst driving It should also be noted that the use of a h...

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